Military Murder

Do military true crime headlines leave you hungry for every detail? Dive into your next mystery with Military Murder.


Every Monday, host Mama Margot - lawyer by day, storyteller by night - brings you in-depth accounts of infamous and underreported military crime cases. With over 15 years of active military service, Margot bridges the gap between the battlefield (or just basic military life) and the courtroom, so you won't have to hunt down details across countless sources - Margot does the digging for you.


Since its debut in 2019, Military Murder has been the destination for 100s of gripping stories that illuminate the darker side of military service. On the show, you'll hear about cold cases, unsolved cases, and cases which received little, if any, media coverage. If you're passionate about true crime with a military twist, welcome home!


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True Crime
History
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FOB DANGER: Phillip Esposito & Louis Allen
In 2005, two NY National Guardsman were killed in FOB Danger by an unconventional enemy…
44 min
177
#I.AM.VANESSAGUILLEN with Col (Ret) Don Christe...
A year ago Vanessa Guillen went missing at Fort Hood. Her name soon became synonymous with “Military Murder” and the #IAMVANESSAGUILLEN.
66 min
178
SEYMOUR-JOHNSON: Matthew Theurer
On March 10, 2013, Senior Airman Matthew Theurer’s leadership found his on base home in disarray…and obviously missing from the home was Baby Matthew.
23 min
179
SEYMOUR-JOHNSON: Tricia Todd
On April 26, 2016, Single Mom Tricia Todd left her Hobe Springs, Florida home and she was never seen alive again…
33 min
180
FORT BRAGG: Lisa Bryant
In 1993, 2Lt Lisa Bryant, a Princeton University Army ROTC graduate, declined to dance with a Sergeant First Class at a bar…
34 min
181
UNSOVLED: David Cox
A Few Good Men was inspired by real life events, but the real Hollywood story came many years after…
30 min
182
MALI: Green Beret Logan Melgar
On June 4, 2017, Green Beret Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar was deployed in Mali, when he was startled by intruders in his safe house…
30 min
183
OFFUTT: John Joubert
In the 80s, it appeared that wherever John Joubert went, young boys always turned up dead.
44 min
184
FORT MEADE: Karlyn Ramirez
In 2015, a newly minted military mom was found dead in her home near Fort Meade, with her 4-month-old daughter in her arms.
34 min
185
FORT BRAGG: Summer of 2008
In 2008, three Fort Bragg female soldiers were murdered in cold blood…
43 min
186
SERIAL KILLER: Kendall Francois (w/ Killer Quee...
In 1996, a serial killer began his reign of terror over sex workers in Poughkeepsie, NY.
81 min
187
SERIAL KILLER: Reta Mays
In 2018, an investigation into a dozen suspicious deaths at a West Virginia Veterans Affairs hospital rocked the U.S…
27 min
188
USCG RETIREE: "The Hit"
In 2012, a U.S. Coast Guard retiree called a hit on a local businessman…
40 min
189
FORT BENNING: Specialist Richard Davis
In 2003, a soldier returned to the U.S. from an Iraq deployment, but he failed to report to work…
35 min
190
OKINAWA: Rina Shimabukuro
In 2016, a Japanese woman vanished on the island of Okinawa…
32 min
191
FORT HOOD REVIEW: Vanessa Guillen
Margot discusses the result of the Fort Hood Independent Review…
38 min
192
2020 - Top 10 Military Murder Stories
The Military Murder stories that horrified us in 2020...
43 min
193
OHIO: Ashley Biggs [Part 2]
Who was involved in Ashley Bigg’s 2012?
37 min
194
OHIO: Ashley Biggs [Part 1]
In June 2012, Ashley Biggs went out on a pizza delivery, but never returned.
25 min
195
AUSTRALIA: Renee Kuch & Corey Croft
In January 2015, a 5-year old boy woke up and discovered his mother and father dead.
28 min
196
SEYMOUR-JOHNSON: Michelle Terek
In August 1993, security forces found a dismembered body in the refrigerator in on base housing.
22 min
197
FORT BLISS: Malcolm Perry
In October, 2020, a Fort Bliss Captain died in a fiery car crash allegedly caused at the hands of another Army Captain.
24 min
198
EGLIN AFB: The Zakrzewski Family
In 1994, a military fugitive sat and watched TV with his host family when his face was featured in Unsolved Mysteries!
28 min
199
FUGITIVE: John Blauvelt
In 2016, Army Recruiter John Blauvelt fled before police could arrest him for murdering his wife, Cati Blauvelt.
28 min
200
INFAMOUS: Lorena Bobbitt
In the 90s, a battered wife was sick of the domestic abuse…so she cut off her husband’s …
50 min